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Energy constraints loom larger than water for Colorado AI boom, experts say
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As artificial intelligence reshapes almost every sector of the economy, experts at this year’s Colorado Climate Week gathering in Boulder said it is also reshaping local physical infrastructure. From grid demand and water use to data center construction, scaling the necessary framework to support AI, they said, will be a challenge as experts and policymakers…
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Federal judge proposes sanctions against Mike Lindell’s lawyers for continued fake citations
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A federal judge is once again pursuing sanctions against lawyers for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for continuing to cite to court cases that do not exist, likely based on the faulty output of artificial intelligence tools. Last year, a jury in Colorado awarded plaintiff Eric Coomer $2.3 million in damages against the defendants, Lindell and…
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Potential clues? Palantir shares several risks of doing business in Colorado
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When Palantir announced it moved its headquarters from Denver to Miami, it gave little reason for its decision. All it sent out was a short post on X. It came as a shock that the major company known for its federal contracts with U.S. military and immigration forces had been preparing a new place to…
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10th Circuit orders lawyer to pay $1,000 for faulty AI citations
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The Denver-based federal appeals court ordered a lawyer on Monday to pay $1,000 to the opposing side for submitting a legal filing with fake case citations generated by artificial intelligence. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit acknowledged Kusmin Linda Amarsingh had expressed remorse over using unverified ChatGPT citations.…
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AI in the exam room: blending technology with the human touch
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As artificial intelligence has become more ubiquitous in everyday life — from a typical smartphone’s autocorrect function to chatbots that can simulate conversations with humans, quickly analyze data sets and more — it’s also changing how medical professionals and organizations provide health care, and the patient experience along with it. Today, medical practitioners are using…
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A practical path for bringing responsible innovation to Golden | OPINION
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By Laura Weinberg The responsibility to innovate is now part of everyday local governance. For a town like Golden, that responsibility means using practical tools that strengthen infrastructure planning, improve service delivery, and create clearer ways for residents to interact with their city. When government operates with purpose, communities gain stability and room to grow.…
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Leadership in the age of artificial intelligence | CRONIN
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The Wall Street Journal recently ran a feature story asking about when and if AI humanoid robots will be able to be chief executives and manage companies. AI evangelists Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk of Tesla and xAI say AI robots already do remarkable engineering and logistical activities, and we can expect them…
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Federal judge recommends sanctions on plaintiffs for faulty case citations
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A federal judge recommended that a pair of self-represented plaintiffs be subject to a range of sanctions for including flawed and non-existent case citations in their filings, potentially by using artificial intelligence. “A federal court is not a workshop for fictional writing. It is a forum that exists to uphold the law, administer justice, and…
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Colorado justices decide pre-2025 law did not criminalize AI-generated child porn
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Colorado law prior to 2025 did not criminalize, as a means of sexually exploiting a child, the use of artificial intelligence to generate nude images depicting real children, the state Supreme Court concluded on Monday. The legislature acted this year to clearly establish a crime for someone to have or share fake, yet “highly realistic,”…
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An obligation to use AI? Federal judge addresses lawyers on responsible technology use
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Maritza Dominguez Braswell addressed a group of Colorado attorneys on Friday with the message that they should be practicing and understanding how to use artificial intelligence because it is encroaching on more and more aspects of society. “There was a time when you had to be rich to have a cell phone,”…

